What are you holding onto so tightly? These words will fly off the tip of your tongue if you let go slightly Seconds can fall like sand thru your hands when you're too comfortable You'll never see the whole picture looking from behind the glas Let the birds out of their cages, and watch them fly away Soaring thru the clouds as they chase the sky away Would they wander, oh I wonder Let the birds out of their cages, and watch them fly away Pictures only capture the one single moment But those thousand words have so much more to say Fleeting thoughts can storm the mind like comets - one at a time Until you find the use of using metaphors to explain your life Let the birds out of their cages, and watch them fly away Soaring thru the clouds as they chase the sky away Would they wander, oh I wonder Let the birds out of their cages, and watch them fly away

Somewhere down highway 34 Where you cant see the city anymore The sun shines just a little more bright And the night stars don't get blocked out by the city light and it's all just a drive down highway 34 I'm dreaming of Green Valley I don't wanna go home When i close my eyes i see that swing on the tree before the autumn backdrop full of painted colored leaves There's no place quite like Williamstown It's so unique because there's nothing else around Its river flows thru the past behind the cottage houses Its hidden treasure lies behind the sign for he who browses It never rains, and no one complains Why would they when the land they have is so beautiful You can smell the difference in the air When the sun goes down, I don't wanna go home I don't wanna go home So I'll keep driving down County Road 18 While Im dreaming of Green Valley I dont wanna go home tonight So why not stay up all night and watch the constellations shine bright Like I've never seen before This place feels like home in my heart and I've known it from the start When i close my eyes i see that bear-looking-dog smiling back at me Before I know it - it's all over even though the time passes a little bit slower I'll be back before I know'er and i cannot wait 'til then

We met in the month of December And I know you'll always remember those days We spent growing up in our early twenties We've gone our seperate ways You went to Asia for 90 days and I knew things were gonna change I knew you'd meet someone The odds were more than one to one You've found a sparkle in his eye and now you're changing your plans I wish you the best with your new man Cuz I know he'll make you happier than I ever can Maybe this is for the best We were both growing so depressed Last fall when we had nowhere else to go We brought each other out of dark dark places Now we approach the world with stronger faces As you travel round the world chasing your dreams And I sing my songs each night I wish you the best with your new man Cuz I know he'll make you happier than I ever can We both have nomadic states of mind Yet we seek a different kind of lifestyle and adventure I'm sure our paths will cross again, just don't know when Reluctant at first, but I tried. Glad I took that ride

I remember back in the day We used to go out and play We used to talk to eachother When we had something to say Then the Internet came and took it all away The kids born today won't know life any other way We have the whole world at our fingertips We're hooked on flat screens and microchips The world's greatest tool becomes a toy in the hands of a fool Say goodbye to face to face Our ancestors could never believe we can order pizza online And contact our friends worldwide on an app called Facetime We'll never ever get lost with Google Maps and WiFi But a room full of friends aren't being social with their phones on the network We have the whole world at our fingertips We're hooked on flat screens and microchips The world's greatest tool becomes a toy in the hands of a fool Say goodbye to face to face Say goodbye to face to face

There's more than a house behind these bricks These walls watched us as we got up to our tricks We were so young back then but we felt so old This was the first time we didn't have to do what we're told We were raised by our parents but this is where we grew up Our new life was an adventure and we experienced it together Every year that we moved we learned another lesson We kept learning the whole time even though we thought we knew it all What is there to learn? Some say its how it feels to earn (your own way) What is there to learn? It's in the value and the worth (your own way) What is there to learn? Now all my friends have moved on to different cities and far away It seems I pass by a house where they used to live everyday The bricks, the windows and the walls all remind me of a time in our lives It holds a place in my heart and the memory revives What is there to learn? Some say its how it feels to earn (your own way) What is there to learn? It's in the value and the worth (your own way) What is there to learn? That every episode of your life will take its turn It's important to learn that happiness is just a moment So learn to make these moments last so that when they have passed You wont be clinging on to retrospect or the past No matter how close we are as friends, we cant forget the good time ends The end of one chapter is the start of another When those passionate fights turned into late late nights We learned there's more than a house behind these bricks When best friends live together they experience all kinds of weather It makes up for being woken up by slammed cabinets We never meant to piss each other off though we didn't know it at the time We were just learning how to live our own lives When those houses are ashes in the wind We learn there's more than a house behind these bricks In the end all that remains is the memories kept alive